Kids Blog : songshttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/tags/songs/default.aspxTags: songsenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)Does Your Toddler Love Vehicles?http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2009/07/28/another-good-book-for-transportation-loving-toddlers.aspxTue, 28 Jul 2009 22:35:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1698UndergroundLibrarian@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1698http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2009/07/28/another-good-book-for-transportation-loving-toddlers.aspx#comments<p>Jennifer Riggs Vetter has written a variation of the old song <em><a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tdown%20by%20the%20station/tdown+by+the+station/1%2C1%2C7%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=tdown+by+the+station&amp;5%2C%2C7" title="down by the station">Down by The Station</a>, </em>with lots of modes of transportation.&nbsp; Of course there&#39;s the tried and true train to begin with, but this version goes on to include school buses, trucks, ex<img width="400" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=9781582462431" alt="down by the station" height="367" style="float:left;border:10px solid black;margin:10px;" />cavators, airplanes, boats, and more, up to a double page spread of a rocket.&nbsp; Illustrations are by Frank Remkiewicz, who has also illustrated the Froggy books by Jonathan London. Young kids who like transportation -- i think that must include every boy -- and kids who like illustrated songs will have a lot of fun with this.</p>
<p>Don&#39;t know the tune, or it&#39;s been so long you&#39;re not sure of it any more?&nbsp; You can hear it at <a href="http://www.tricyclepress.com">www.tricyclepress.com</a>, according to the inside front jacket.</p>
<p>Puff puff vroom vroom&nbsp; Off you go!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1698" width="1" height="1">picture bookssongsjennifer riggs vettertransportationWho Wrote the Happy Birthday Song?http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/10/08/who-wrote-the-happy-birthday-song.aspxWed, 08 Oct 2008 23:38:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:713UndergroundLibrarian@evpl2http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=713http://evpl.org/community/blogs/kids/archive/2008/10/08/who-wrote-the-happy-birthday-song.aspx#comments<p>Did you know that they lived in Louisville?&nbsp; No<img width="80" src="http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III21&amp;Password=BT0005&amp;Return=T&amp;Type=S&amp;Value=9781585361694&amp;erroroverride=1&amp;" height="106" style="float:right;" alt="" />t far from here!&nbsp; Margot Theis Raven relates the story of the sisters who wrote the words and music in 1889 and 1890, as one of the many songs that Patty Hill used to teach her kindergarten children.&nbsp; She came up with the words to the songs, and her sister Mildred wrote the music to them.&nbsp; <a href="http://evans.evpl.org/search~S0?/tHappy%20birthday%20to%20you!/thappy+birthday+to+you/1%2C5%2C7%2CB/frameset&amp;FF=thappy+birthday+to+you+the+mystery+behind+the+most+famous+song+in+the+world&amp;1%2C1%2C" title="Happy Birthday to You! ">Happy Birthday to You! The Mystery Behind the Most Famous Song in the World</a>&nbsp;includes more details of the sisters&#39; lives with their large family and the early years of kindergartens.&nbsp; Full page paintings by Chris Soentpiet add to the enjoyment of this&nbsp; book.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=713" width="1" height="1">Musicsongsbooks